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Postgraduate taught

We attract the best and brightest students from across the world to come and study with us at King’s. We currently have over 200 master’s students from more than 30 different countries, making us one of the largest and most international departments around.

Our students are at the heart of our teaching effort. All of our teaching staff are actively involved in research, which ensures that our taught modules are informed by the very latest work in the field. Our various master’s courses are also closely tied into the work of our research groups.

MSc awards

Duration: Full-time: one year, part-time: two years

Study the sources of global inequality and justice with this Development Studies MA, which boasts an interdisciplinary curriculum and an intersectional perspective.

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Duration: One year full-time, two years part-time, September to September

Study international development with a unique focus on middle-income counties with this Emerging Economies and International Development MSc at King’s College London.

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Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time

Gain a distinctive approach to the study of development with this unique Political Economy of Emerging Markets MSc at King’s College London.

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Hear from Mann about why he studied with us

Mann studied at King’s on his path to becoming a policy advisor on international development. Here he talks about his experience studying the Emerging Economies & International Development MSc.

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